Research Paper On Brainworm

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Brainworm
By: Kaleb Duffy

The Brainworm is mostly found in Eastern North America. These 3 places are where they are mostly located. Nova Scotia,New Brunswick,and Ontario are where these parasites are mostly located. The brainworm mostly targets deer because the deer can’t feel much of it because they have thick fur. Then when the worm reaches the head it infects the deer and the deer will probably die shortly after. The brainworm is mostly related to parasitism because it is like a parasite to deer because they have thick fur and they can infect them most likely. The way we could stop the Brainworm from becoming more of a problem we could put electrical traps that kill

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